A few steps away from the ‘Place du Vigan’ in downtown Albi, the N°A apartments are located at the second level of a century-old mansion. Thus, you’ll find yourself within one minute walk from the listed historical center: the Sainte Cecile Cathedral, the Toulouse-Lautrec museum or the cultural complex ‘The Cordeliers’ as well as various restaurants in the city…

Albi, the Episcopal city, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2010 and welcomes more than 800 000 visitors every year. It’s built around two main monuments: the Sainte Cecile Cathedral and the Berbie Palace. These two edifices prevail as the greatest red brick construction in the world. Four medieval neighborhoods are structured around them: the Castelviel, the Castenau and its half-timbered houses, the Saint Salvi borough along with its collegial Church and cloister and the Tarn banks at the foot of the Pont Vieux. You will find further information on the website dedicated to the city: www.cite-episcopale-albi.fr

The Sainte Cecile Cathedral is obviously the Albigensian symbol simply for its impressive 78 meters high power overlooking the entire city. The edification of the monument started right by the end of the 13th century, showing off its 113 meters long and 35 meters wide Southern Gothic style building. It’s the biggest brick cathedral ever built, and the only one in Europe offering such a wall and painted ceiling surface, including the oldest painted scene depicting Judgement Day. It also offers visitors a lace rood screen carved in white stones, an Italian renaissance style vault of heaven and a Christophe Moucherel organ from the 18th century. For more information, visit the following website: www.albi-tourisme.fr

The Berbie Palace is an ancient Episcopal palace built from the 13th century onward. Alongside its vaulted rooms and medieval paving, it offers remarkable French-style gardens overlooking the stunning view of the Tarn River. One can measure its role of defense and deterrence through its height and thick walls, its towers and original dungeon. Transformed throughout the years, the Palace made itself available to the city and features the famous Toulouse-Lautrec museum. Recent refurbishing works have updated 130 m² of tiles from the 13th century. Please visit www.mairie-albi.fr for further information.

Facing the Sainte Cecile cathedral, in the heart of the old city center, the Saint salvi collegial Church – at the center of the ‘roue Saint Salvi’ – offers a specific architecture combining roman and gothic styles, reflecting the various transformations occurring over the years. The cloister, rebuilt in 1270, features a charming and intimate green island surrounded by cloistered arches, which is all the more pleasant in summertime.

The Toulouse Lautrec museum shelters the painter’s greatest public artwork collection in the world. The artist was born in Albi in 1864. Works of restructuring and enlargement completed in 2012 sublimate the presentation of posters, canvas and lithographs for the pleasure of about 200,000 visitors who get there each year. Besides the artwork of the master, the museum features a very beautiful modern art collection from the first half of the 20th century, along with contemporary spaces making it one of the greatest museums in the region. In 2013, the museum received the “Patrimoine pour tous” Prize, distinguishing itself thanks to the excellent approach for its disabled access, whether motor, visual, hearing or mental impairment. Raise your discovery onwww.museetoulouselautrec.net

Diverse small museums make what the prestigious Toulouse Lautrec museum has to offer complete. Among them, our very favorite goes to the Fashion museum, created in 2010 by a private collector at the ancient “Couvent des Annonciades”. Indeed, Dominique Miraille has collected costumes and accessories from the 18th century to the 70’s for 25 years. Rich in thousands of pieces, the collection presents various themes each year from April to December. Each annual exhibition offers the opportunity to discover hundreds of pieces.Discover more on www.musee-mode.com

All around the prefecture, the Albigensian land offers numerous treasures to discover over and over again. Particularly Cordes-Sur-Ciel, a high-pitched medieval city recently rated the favorite village by the French, but also Ambialet, Monestiés, Penne and its castle, the Gresigne forest, the Vaour region… All these treasures to be discovered in the Tarn are well presented on www.tourisme-tarn.com or on www.tarn.fr

Wine tourism in Gaillac: a must-see destination! The Gaillac wineries offer rich and powerful wines which our local winemakers will be delighted to introduce to you throughout their 9,000-acre vineyard. These wines will be the perfect match for such specialties like the “croquants” from Cordes-sur-Ciel, the garlic from Lautrec, but also for our local cuisine you will discover in various Albigensian restaurants such as: L’Alchimy, Les Arcades, Le Bruit en Cuisine, Le Cascarbar, Le Clos Sainte-Cécile, L’Epicurien or Le Goulu…